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Nicki
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Lifelong Democrat. 💙 Retired liberal grandmother.
Just trying to make sense of the disappointing election results. 🥲
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I love this - my new mantra!
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Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."

Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million. 

Hello?
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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April 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“Department of Government Efficiency.”
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I signed this letter because I’ve lived it. Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor are friends & former colleagues who chose country over politics—truth over fear. Now Trump is targeting them for it. This is authoritarian retribution—plain & simple. Over 200 of us are speaking out. Please read & share.
Bipartisan Coalition of Over 200 Former Government Officials & Other Leaders Reject Trump's Persecution of His Opponents - State Democracy Defenders Action
Press ReleaseApril 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, over 200 prominent former government officials and other American leaders joined together in an open letter condemning President Trump’s retaliatory inv...
statedemocracydefenders.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.

Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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spotted in the toronto star
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Its official our Joyful Warrior Kamala Harris has joined bluesky. 🥳

Here is an uplifting clip to celebrate. 🥹
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I didn’t want this to happen.

I voted for the smart black lady.
April 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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It’s a fire sale…
April 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Is this who we are? Never mind, don’t answer that. 🇺🇸 😕

www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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But I am, we told you so.
Kamala Harris: There were many things that we knew would happen.. I’m not here to say I told you so
April 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?

They called it from day one.
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.

People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.

America, we have a problem!
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it.

Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.

Because we don't have a minute to wait.
April 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls,” Judge Susan Crawford said in her victory speech, “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.”
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I am no conspiracy theorist, but it really feels like they are trying to destroy our country from within. Health care, public schools, universities, research, law firms, federal workers, the environment are all getting the axe. What was it again that it made America great?
Exclusive | RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department
The changes would reshape the nation’s health agencies and close regional offices.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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As more information is revealed, it is clear that the cover-up is even worse than the crime.

Every single person involved has no business being involved in our government.

At minimum, there should be resignations. And prosecutions.
March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Democratic House Rep. Jared Moskowitz using Pete Hegseth's emojis in his letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson to form a select committee to investigate the Signal group chat texts is hilarious.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM